Lankum are to release a cover of The Specials‘ “Ghost Town”. The standalone single will be available on 12” from January – and is available…
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Our next Audience With candidate surely needs no introduction. Dionne Warwick is simply one of the greatest singers of all-time, the elegant yet emotionally powerful…
After fulfilling a dream by playing a gig in one of the weirdest and most original locations it’s possible to imagine, what comes next? That…
With a new, expanded edition of her Spyboy live album due, Emmylou Harris talks to Uncut about the album, her collaborations with Daniel Lanois and…
Simon Armitage, the poet laureate, has written a poem celebrating the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here. Simon Armitage, the poet laureate,…
The great jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette has died aged 83, according to a statement released by his representatives. The great jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette has died aged…
The Damned have announced a new album, Not Like Everybody Else, dedicated to the memory of Brian James, the band’s founding guitarist and chief song-writer, who…
Courtney Marie Andrews has announced details of a new studio album, Valentine. Courtney Marie Andrews has announced details of a new studio album, Valentine. The…
It’s only been nine years since Tortoise released their last album, but it feels a lot longer. The quintet were closely associated with the Chicago…
ELTON JOHNGoodbye Yellow Brick RoadDJM/MCA, 1973This is the first album I ever felt any individual ownership over. I got it on cassette for Christmas when…
There is a comic moment, somewhere towards the middle of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings’ second set, where Rawlings pauses to strap on a harmonica.…
Unharness your hopes! As you’ll read in his excellent afterword to this new magazine, Pavement’s Bob Nastanovich has an extremely solid take on the fortunes…
Dave Ball, one half of pioneering synth-pop duo Soft Cell, has died at the age 66. He passed away peacefully in his sleep at his…
The Soft Cell story is one of wild, hedonistic success. Here, Marc Almond and Dave Ball confess all – about controversial performance art, New York’s…
Director Scott Cooper talks to Uncut about the “the trauma and ghosts” haunting his biopic, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere Read our review of Springsteen:…
The first time we hear Bob Dylan on this fabulous 8CD, 168-track boxset, it’s Christmas Eve 1956. Dylan’s high school trio, The Jokers – Bob…
EMMYLOU HARRIS“Wrecking Ball” (from Wrecking Ball)ELEKTRA, 1995All my choices are about atmospheres. That’s what I thrive on. If something gives me a feeling, it doesn’t…
How did you get started in music?There was a club in Harlem that everybody used to hang out in. Somebody dared me to go on…
“Are you ready to rock, Leeds?” yells Steve Diggle, somewhere in Buzzzcocks’ 45-minute sonic blitzkrieg. The silver-haired guitarist turned 70 this year, but his schoolboy…
On November 28, Warner/Reprise will release a new 50th Anniversary Edition of Neil Young’s Tonight’s The Night, complete with six bonus tracks – two of…